The Pacific Palisades home of actress Mary McDonnell and her husband, actor Randle Mell, has sold for $2 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows. The traditional house, built in 1936, has living and dining rooms with plantation shutters, an office/library, a family room and pantry off the kitchen, two downstairs bedrooms, two upstairs bedrooms and two bathrooms in 2,558 square feet. The garage was converted to a music and game room. McDonnell, 58, received an Oscar nomination for supporting actress for "Dances With Wolves" (1990)

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 20 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies SERIES 30 Rock: Liz (Tina Fey) tries to rally the staff and save TGS from cancellation in this new episode (8 p.m. NBC). Last Resort: A violent battle for control of the submarine erupts, which leaves it vulnerable to being taken over by a third party. Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Daisy Betts and Autumn Reeser also star in the season finale (8 p.m. ABC)

October 9, 2011 | By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Television Critic

Caught between a bunny and a new girl, the talk of TV this season has been double-X, as in chromosome. What's up with all the women? They're saying "vagina" and going all Count of Monte Cristo! "New Girl" is adork-able (or is she?), "Pan Am" is a female-centric "Mad Men" (or is it?), "The Playboy Club" glamorizes sexism and "Charlie's Angels" is even more ridiculous the second time around! After the 2010-11 season proved dismal for non-males, women came back with a vengeance. We were all so busy talking about the Big Trend that we missed the revolution.

Actress Katherine Heigl is selling her house in Los Feliz. Priced at $2.659 million, the Southern Colonial-style two-story features French doors, high ceilings and verandas. There are two fireplaces, four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and nearly 3,700 square feet of living space. The grounds include mature landscaping, a swimming pool and a spa. Heigl, 34, was a regular on "Grey's Anatomy" (2005-10). Her film work includes this year's "One for the Money," "Life as We Know It" (2010) and "The Ugly Truth" (2009)

Doctors singing during surgery and harmonizing through foreplay made last year's musical episode of "Grey's Anatomy" one of the most memorable in the series' nearly eight-season run. Some critics panned the ABC doctor drama's attempt to go "Glee," but the cast showed musical talent behind those surgical masks. To show that the episode was no fluke, about a dozen of the doctors from Seattle Grace Hospital will take the stage at UCLA's Royce Hall on Sunday to perform select songs from the episode and other memorable tunes from the "Grey's" songbook.

"Rookie Blue" is, to be quick about it, "Grey's Anatomy" with uniforms and guns. That you probably will find that comparison in every review you read of the series, which begins tonight on ABC — in the "Grey's Anatomy," slot — is nothing I can do anything about. But there is no way I can leave it out of this one. I don't say this to warn you off — indeed, it may be just the hook that snares you — only to tell you where we are. We are with pretty young people (two male, three female, as per "Grey's")

Say you were pitching a television show about a group of writers working on ... a television show. Why not? Plenty of tension and dramatic potential -- clash of egos, on-set romance, big chance for failure. Not to mention the opportunity for some very snappy dialogue. Think "Sports Night" meets "The Dick Van Dyke Show," think "West Wing" but with groovier clothes and more Hollywood gossip.

There was more good news for ABC as the new season continued to unfold Thursday night: The serial drama "FlashForward" delivered 12.5 million viewers and won the hour among adults ages 18 to 49 in its 8 p.m. premiere, according to Nielsen. It was the first time a regular series beat "Survivor" in that prized demographic since 2004, when NBC's "Friends" did it. That and the two hours of "Grey's Anatomy" that followed drove ABC to the top for the night in viewers, with 15.51 million.

Doctors singing during surgery and harmonizing through foreplay made last year's musical episode of "Grey's Anatomy" one of the most memorable in the series' nearly eight-season run. Some critics panned the ABC doctor drama's attempt to go "Glee," but the cast showed musical talent behind those surgical masks. To show that the episode was no fluke, about a dozen of the doctors from Seattle Grace Hospital will take the stage at UCLA's Royce Hall on Sunday to perform select songs from the episode and other memorable tunes from the "Grey's" songbook.

October 9, 2011 | By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Television Critic

Caught between a bunny and a new girl, the talk of TV this season has been double-X, as in chromosome. What's up with all the women? They're saying "vagina" and going all Count of Monte Cristo! "New Girl" is adork-able (or is she?), "Pan Am" is a female-centric "Mad Men" (or is it?), "The Playboy Club" glamorizes sexism and "Charlie's Angels" is even more ridiculous the second time around! After the 2010-11 season proved dismal for non-males, women came back with a vengeance. We were all so busy talking about the Big Trend that we missed the revolution.

The Pacific Palisades home of actress Mary McDonnell and her husband, actor Randle Mell, has sold for $2 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows. The traditional house, built in 1936, has living and dining rooms with plantation shutters, an office/library, a family room and pantry off the kitchen, two downstairs bedrooms, two upstairs bedrooms and two bathrooms in 2,558 square feet. The garage was converted to a music and game room. McDonnell, 58, received an Oscar nomination for supporting actress for "Dances With Wolves" (1990)

"Rookie Blue" is, to be quick about it, "Grey's Anatomy" with uniforms and guns. That you probably will find that comparison in every review you read of the series, which begins tonight on ABC — in the "Grey's Anatomy," slot — is nothing I can do anything about. But there is no way I can leave it out of this one. I don't say this to warn you off — indeed, it may be just the hook that snares you — only to tell you where we are. We are with pretty young people (two male, three female, as per "Grey's")

"Grey's Anatomy" ABC, Thursday, March 25, 9 p.m. Episode" "Suicide is Painless " The premise: At Seattle Grace Hospital, patient Kim Allen (Sara Gilbert) is suffering from stage IV (widespread) large cell lung cancer that has spread to her lymph nodes and her liver. She has had repeated pleural effusions (fluid has built up in her lungs, which she has had drained), and she continues to have difficulty breathing. She is in constant pain and is told that she has less than six months to live.

SERIES Community: Pierce (Chevy Chase) is willing to do whatever it takes to reach a new level of ascension in his Buddhist church in this new episode (8 p.m. NBC). The Vampire Diaries: Matt and Caroline (Zach Roerig, Candice Accola) are stunned by the return of his long-lost mother (Melinda Clarke) in this new episode (8 p.m. KTLA). Grey's Anatomy: Hunt (Kevin McKidd) is haunted by memories when Teddy (Kim Raver) asks him for help when a patient of hers wants to end her life (9 p.m. ABC)

So before we begin, let's just ask: Did anyone else wonder why the opening of Thursday night's "Grey's Anatomy," in which Meredith, overcome by her mother's condition and the weight of a thousand voice-overs, sinks under water in a wide, white claw-foot tub, would go out of its way to invoke the poster for the Harrison Ford/Michelle Pfeiffer thriller "What Lies Beneath"?

SERIES Sports Jobs With Junior Seau: The former NFL linebacker takes a turn as a reporter facing a deadline while covering the Florida vs. Georgia football game (7 and 10 p.m. VS). This Emotional Life: The episode "Rethinking Happiness" examines behavior that fosters positive emotions includes meditation, compassion, forgiveness and altruism (9 p.m. KCET). Man vs. Wild: Bear Grylls creates critical fresh water and uses tribal techniques to fish while deserted on a Panamanian island in the season premiere of this survival series (9 p.m. Discovery)